diff --git a/.testignore b/.testignore
index cde29545b..190573191 100644
--- a/.testignore
+++ b/.testignore
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ extras/cliutils/README.md
 extras/command-completion/README
 extras/create_new_xlator/README.md
 extras/glusterfs.vim
+extras/glusterfs-logrotate
+extras/glusterfs-georep-logrotate
 extras/init.d/glusterd-Debian.in
 extras/init.d/glusterd-FreeBSD.in
 extras/init.d/glusterd-Redhat.in
diff --git a/extras/glusterfs-georep-logrotate b/extras/glusterfs-georep-logrotate
index 6fdb8c65a..3e7ecf373 100644
--- a/extras/glusterfs-georep-logrotate
+++ b/extras/glusterfs-georep-logrotate
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 /var/log/glusterfs/geo-replication/*/*.log {
     sharedscripts
-    rotate 52
+    weekly
+    maxsize 10M
+    minsize 100k
+
+    # 6 months of logs are good enough
+    rotate 26
+
     missingok
     compress
     delaycompress
@@ -15,7 +21,13 @@
 
 /var/log/glusterfs/geo-replication-slaves/*.log {
     sharedscripts
-    rotate 52
+    weekly
+    maxsize 10M
+    minsize 100k
+
+    # 6 months of logs are good enough
+    rotate 26
+
     missingok
     compress
     delaycompress
@@ -30,7 +42,13 @@
 
 /var/log/glusterfs/geo-replication-slaves/*/*.log {
     sharedscripts
-    rotate 52
+    weekly
+    maxsize 10M
+    minsize 100k
+
+    # 6 months of logs are good enough
+    rotate 26
+
     missingok
     compress
     delaycompress
diff --git a/extras/glusterfs-logrotate b/extras/glusterfs-logrotate
index 575c0eee7..75f700e64 100644
--- a/extras/glusterfs-logrotate
+++ b/extras/glusterfs-logrotate
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 /var/log/glusterfs/*.log {
   sharedscripts
   weekly
-  rotate 52
+  maxsize 10M
+  minsize 100k
+
+# 6 months of logs are good enough
+  rotate 26
+
   missingok
   compress
   delaycompress
@@ -17,7 +22,12 @@
 /var/log/glusterfs/bricks/*.log {
   sharedscripts
   weekly
-  rotate 52
+  maxsize 10M
+  minsize 100k
+
+# 6 months of logs are good enough
+  rotate 26
+
   missingok
   compress
   delaycompress